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We did not need more proof that Donald Trump tells lies, that Fox News is a national joke, or that the base of the Republican Party eats up right-wing media and is deeply and sickly involved in a partisan cult. Yet, this week we are being treated to more examples of why all three statements are fact-based.
Since the beginning of the Governor Walker era, Wisconsin Republicans have prioritized cutting taxes, fiscal responsibility, and growing our economy. Since 2011, over $31 billion in tax cuts have been returned to Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin’s property tax system is complex with many moving parts. Our report sheds some light on two of the most misunderstood parts of the system: How and why property taxes are affected by revaluation and how they are affected by shifts in property values in surrounding communities.
Even the good news was an issue for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
69% are worried, poll shows. But Evers and Legislature can’t agree on how to address problem.
Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will introduce a bill calling for $10B in mandatory funding — $1B/yr — to establish a long COVID research program at NIH.
Chancellors are now allowed to override shared governance under the guise of running schools more efficiently, like corporations. And we are all paying the price.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the voluntary governing body for high school sports in the state, will take up the question of whether high school athletes should be allowed to profit from their name, image, and likeness NIL as in college sports. I strongly urge the WIAA to reject this proposal.
That our historically safe and accurate election system has come under attack by irresponsible and self-serving politicians impugns the integrity of all those who give of themselves to make it work.
Whether it’s trying to remove Speaker Johnson, running primary opponents against every Republican who isn’t a perfect conservative, or constantly attacking one another within the party, we need to understand that doing those things undermines our ability to unite and win.
It can feel like political battle lines run so deep in Wisconsin they are impossible to cross — still, environmental victories are happening.
Replacing 12 miles of pipeline with 41 miles of pipeline is three and a half times riskier. The new, longer route will cross no less than 186 streams and water bodies. It will displace wetlands. From an environmental perspective, it’s obvious that the pipeline should remain right where it is.
Experiencing the benefits of free market reforms
Wisconsin Democratic Representatives Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan voted yes. But retiring Wisconsin GOP Representative Mike Gallagher was the only Wisconsin Republican to vote yes, leaving the House on a high note. His fellow Wisconsin Republicans shamefully abandoned supporting Ukraine.
While watching and listening to the bombast in the House Saturday on funding for Ukraine I compared what was playing out in DC to how Gov. Tony Evers conducts himself in Wisconsin.
As one era of UW-La Crosse leadership ends and a new one begins, we thank two people who have been at the forefront of the university’s rise to prominence.
Four more changes needed for online schools
Changing sex identity after birth could be looked at as a form of enhancement, especially when done after puberty, since the average man has larger hands, is taller, has more strength and is faster than the average woman. This difference between men and women after puberty is one reason sports was separated into men’s and women’s teams, and why many sports make accommodations for these differences.
Elections are so unfair when your side loses. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is indignant about how “partisan” school board races have become. Because conservatives won a whole bunch of them in the liberal newspaper’s backyard this April.
The “Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021” imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local election’s boards, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and makes it a crime to approach voters in line to give them food and water.
We did not need more proof that Donald Trump tells lies, that Fox News is a national joke, or that the base of the Republican Party eats up right-wing media and is deeply and sickly involved in a partisan cult. Yet, this week we are being treated to more examples of why all three statements are fact-based.
Since the beginning of the Governor Walker era, Wisconsin Republicans have prioritized cutting taxes, fiscal responsibility, and growing our economy. Since 2011, over $31 billion in tax cuts have been returned to Wisconsinites.
Wisconsin’s property tax system is complex with many moving parts. Our report sheds some light on two of the most misunderstood parts of the system: How and why property taxes are affected by revaluation and how they are affected by shifts in property values in surrounding communities.
Even the good news was an issue for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
69% are worried, poll shows. But Evers and Legislature can’t agree on how to address problem.
Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will introduce a bill calling for $10B in mandatory funding — $1B/yr — to establish a long COVID research program at NIH.
Chancellors are now allowed to override shared governance under the guise of running schools more efficiently, like corporations. And we are all paying the price.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the voluntary governing body for high school sports in the state, will take up the question of whether high school athletes should be allowed to profit from their name, image, and likeness NIL as in college sports. I strongly urge the WIAA to reject this proposal.
That our historically safe and accurate election system has come under attack by irresponsible and self-serving politicians impugns the integrity of all those who give of themselves to make it work.
Whether it’s trying to remove Speaker Johnson, running primary opponents against every Republican who isn’t a perfect conservative, or constantly attacking one another within the party, we need to understand that doing those things undermines our ability to unite and win.
It can feel like political battle lines run so deep in Wisconsin they are impossible to cross — still, environmental victories are happening.
Replacing 12 miles of pipeline with 41 miles of pipeline is three and a half times riskier. The new, longer route will cross no less than 186 streams and water bodies. It will displace wetlands. From an environmental perspective, it’s obvious that the pipeline should remain right where it is.
Experiencing the benefits of free market reforms
Wisconsin Democratic Representatives Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan voted yes. But retiring Wisconsin GOP Representative Mike Gallagher was the only Wisconsin Republican to vote yes, leaving the House on a high note. His fellow Wisconsin Republicans shamefully abandoned supporting Ukraine.
While watching and listening to the bombast in the House Saturday on funding for Ukraine I compared what was playing out in DC to how Gov. Tony Evers conducts himself in Wisconsin.
As one era of UW-La Crosse leadership ends and a new one begins, we thank two people who have been at the forefront of the university’s rise to prominence.
Four more changes needed for online schools
Changing sex identity after birth could be looked at as a form of enhancement, especially when done after puberty, since the average man has larger hands, is taller, has more strength and is faster than the average woman. This difference between men and women after puberty is one reason sports was separated into men’s and women’s teams, and why many sports make accommodations for these differences.
Elections are so unfair when your side loses. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is indignant about how “partisan” school board races have become. Because conservatives won a whole bunch of them in the liberal newspaper’s backyard this April.
The “Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021” imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local election’s boards, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and makes it a crime to approach voters in line to give them food and water.
